NGC 1096
NGC 1096
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
306 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
156k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 306 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1096 as it looked roughly 306 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 1025Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 852Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 782Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 754Elliptical42 million ly
apartNGC 1463Spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 745 NED03Elliptical44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 852Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 782Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 754Elliptical42 million ly
apartNGC 1463Spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 745 NED03Elliptical44 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).